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Mary Emmons (c. 1760 – c. 1832), also known as Eugénie Beauharnais, was an Indian woman born in Calcutta who worked as a servant in the household of Theodosia Bartow Prevost.
SMART NEWS. 155 Years After His Death, Abolitionist John Pierre Burr’s Epitaph Updated to Include His Father, Aaron Burr. Descendant Sherri Burr’s research shows that the vice president had...
John Pierre Burr was the son of Aaron Burr Jr., a Founding Father and Princeton graduate, and Mary Emmons, a woman of color from India. He became an activist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, despite his family's slaveholding history.
Inspired by a woman and events forgotten by history, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott weaves together carefully researched fact and fiction to tell the story of Mary Emmons, and the place she held in the life—and the heart—of the notorious Aaron Burr.
According to her findings, Aaron Burr fathered two children, John Pierre and a girl, Louisa Charlotte, with a woman of color named Mary Emmons, who hailed from Kolkata, India, and worked as a...
22. Nov. 2021 · Mary Emmons was an Indian woman who eventually settled on the other side of the world and had two children with Aaron Burr. Born in Calcutta, India, Mary Emmons' given name is unknown. She left Asia as a teenager and sailed to the West Indies where she changed her name to Eugenie Beauharnais.
24. Nov. 2021 · Mary Emmons was brought up in a poor household in Pondicherry, India. One day, her uncle sells her into slavery to the Beauharnais family. Through a series of events, she eventually makes her way to America where she is a slave to Theodosia, the wife of a British officer. Theodosia later marries Aaron Burr after the death of her husband.
